No Relief For Agitating Ola, Uber Drivers In Delhi

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday sent striking Ola, Uber taxi drivers to settle their disputes through mediation and directed them to end their agitation.The matter was listed before Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw and it was clear from the minute the hearing began that the court was not very sympathetic towards drivers continuing the strike.At one point, Justice Endlaw said, "You can't go on...

PILs Not Maintainable In Service Matters: Delhi HC [Read Judgment]

The High Court of Delhi on Monday remarked that PILs cannot be filed in service matters, while dismissing a Petition filed by a non-legal entity on behalf of employees.“It is a person who has a locus standi who can approach the Court and not someone else on his behalf, more so in service matters law where it is the law that Public Interest Litigation cannot be filed,” Justice Valmiki J....

Bombay HC Asks State Police To ‘Apply Their Mind’ After Officer Names Mentally Handicapped Person As Accused [Read Judgment]

The Bombay High Court has asked the Director General of Police, Maharashtra, to issue guidelines to all police stations calling upon them to “apply their mind”.The above direction came while a bench of Justice AS Oka and Justice Anuja Prabhudessai was hearing a writ petition seeking the quashing of an FIR registered for offences punishable under Sections 498 A, 323, 504, 506 and 406 read...

Man Acquitted From Charges Of POCSO For Doubt Over Age Of Victim [Read Judgment]

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has exonerated an appellant from the charges under provisions of Protection of Children against Sexual Offences Act given the prosecution failed to prove the prosecutrix was minor at the time of incident.While the court maintained conviction of the appellant for offences punishable under section 354 of Indian Penal Code.The appellant was convicted for attempt...

Tata Sons, NTT Docomo Agree To Settle $1.17-Bn Arbitration Dispute

The dispute between Indian corporate giant Tata Sons and Japanese company NTT Docomo seems to have come to an end.Both of the companies have filed consent terms for prospective settlement of the arbitration dispute.Darius Khambatta and Kapil Sibal appeared for Tata and NTT Docomo, respectively.Tata Sons stated that it would withdraw all objections to enforcement of the arbitration agreement...

“List the matter Very Low on Board in 2020”, Justice GS Patel of Bombay HC Does It Again [Read Order]

Justice GS Patel of the Bombay High Court made some severely sarcastic remarks in an order dated February 22 while hearing a commercial suit filed by Gillette India.According to the order, plaintiff’s counsel Nimay Dave sought “several weeks’ time” to file a “substantial rejoinder” since the defendant’s reply was substantial. The matter was sought to be adjourned till April...

HC Quashes Complaint Against Doctor In Bilaspur Sterilization Deaths Case [Read Judgment]

The Chhattisgarh High Court recently quashed the proceedings initiated against Dr. R.K. Gupta, who had been the prime accused in the Bilaspur botched sterilization case in Bilaspur.The Court observed that the prosecution lacked the State Government’s sanction, which is necessary to prosecute a public servant, in light of Section 197 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. “For the...

Maratha Reservation: Bombay HC Defers Hearing To Mar. 29

The Bombay High Court has deferred the final hearing in the matter regarding the Maharashtra government’s decision to reserve a quota in government jobs and seats in education institutions for the Maratha community to March 29.A division bench of Chief Justice Manjula Chellur and Justice GS Kulkarni was hearing a batch of PILs and writ petitions that were filed after the state...

P.Shiv Shankar, Former Law Minister And Architect of Committed Judiciary, Passes Away

Former Union Law Minister, P.Shiv Shankar passed away in Hyderabad this morning, after a prolonged illness, say reports. He was 89 years old.Although Shiv Shankar had held several positions in the Government, it was his stint as the Union Law Minister in Indira Gandhi Cabinet, after her return to power in 1980, which was the turning point in India’s judiciary.As Union Law Minister, Shiv...

Right To Contest Election Doesn’t Recognise Right To Be Released From Jail For Campaigning:Delhi HC [Read Judgment]

The Delhi High Court on Monday held that right to contest election from jail “cannot imply that the candidate gets a right to be released from jail for campaigning”.“If the candidate is in custody for an alleged offence, it would be the discretion of the Court to release him or not, depending on the facts and circumstances of the case. When a person in custody fills up a nomination as...

MP HC Imposed Cost On Man For Misusing Of Writ Jurisdiction [Read Judgment]

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has imposed cost of Rs. 25000 on a petitioner for misusing the writ jurisdiction of the court by filing an appeal instead of taking recourse to the remedy available.The court finds its time was “wasted” and on insistence of the petitioner the police was “compelled” to come from Satna with the corpus (woman).When the court asked the corpus (woman) whether...

High Courts Weekly Round-Up

Allahabad High CourtA full bench of Allahabad High Court on Monday held that the state government cannot exercise power under Section 321 of Code of Criminal Procedure to withdraw criminal cases in a whimsical and arbitrary matter.The High Court recently struck down an Ordinance passed by Lucknow University, by which 80% seats of the LL.M. programme were reserved for law graduates of...